Spiritual Care in Undergraduate Nursing Education: An Integrative Review.

Abstract

The growth of international migration and globalization has increasingly diversified patient populations, emphasizing the need for nursing students to provide competent spiritual care. To understand the teaching and learning strategies used to prepare undergraduate nursing students for spiritual care. An integrative review with deductive data analysis was used to evaluate, analyze, and synthesize diverse research methodologies. Three educational approaches were identified, including passive, reflective, and combinatory approaches. The combinatory approach appears most appropriate for diverse learning styles within a student group. No one strategy is best, but any combination of educational strategies can positively impact spiritual care competency within clinical practice.